Subj : Re: How to detect cdrom tray status (open or closed)
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Wed Oct 06 2004 05:05 pm

Sybren Stuvel enlightened us with:
> Minderbinder enlightened us with:
>> Try looking for the source code of the "eject" utility
>
> I will.

Unfortunately, my suspicions were correct. 'eject' doesn't do any
detection of the tray status. It just sends a CDROMEJECT ioctl when
you invoke it, and a CDROMCLOSETRAY when you pass it the '-t' option.

I want to send CDROMCLOSETRAY only when it's open, and CDROMEJECT only
when it's closed.

Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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